AIX

Hi,

There is a script runs as a specific user called "unixusr". But we don't want to give the access to the other teams to run as that id as that id owns lot of system binaries and libraries in other directories.. So can we create another id called "intusr" and internally set something in this id's profile so that it can execute the script as unixusr id?

Thanks.

by setting the UID of intusr equal to unixusr's UID you can do that but the problem still persist. in your case other teams also login with unixusr ID?? if so your problem can't be solved as i said..

I can't give access to unixusr id. I think there is a way to do this using sudo. But not sure exactly how to do that.

You might want to read this for a short explanation on how sudo works.

Basically your assumption of needing sudo for what you want to achieve is correct: the only other solution to your problem would be to set the SUID bit so that the script could be run under another effective user id. For security reasons, though, setting the SUID bit on shell scripts is forbidden in all UNIX derivates i know of.

I hope this helps.

bakunin